Best Bar Dallas 2012 - The Windmill Lounge

You know it's a good bar when all of the city's top bartenders go there to hang out after they punch the clock at their respective bars. Such is the case with The Windmill Lounge, which has earned its place as the elder statesman of the local cocktail craft. That's because long before the current mixology trend was in fashion, owners Charlie Papaceno and Louise Owens were sliding classic cocktails down the bar. Not to mention that they've been drinking for a collective 60-odd years, a length of time that makes any liver cower in fear. But if you just want a Budweiser and a shot, they're happy to serve that, too. Look around the bar, it's what all those bartenders are drinking anyway.